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# functionally

«functionally» in Mova's school dictionary: **about how something works or what it does, not how it looks** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that is about how something works or what it does, not how it looks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#m1)

2) For practical purposes; in effect: «functionally the same». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In design and technology it means about how well something works: «functionally, the old phone is fine». In science and maths it can say two things act the same. Phrases: functionally the same, functionally equivalent, functionally useless.

### examples

- The two kettles look different but are functionally the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#x1)
- Functionally, the old bike still works well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#x2)
- The broken phone is functionally useless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#x3)
- The room was designed functionally, with lots of storage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#x4)
- A calculator and a phone app are functionally equivalent for adding numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#x5)
- Functionally speaking, the bridge is safe, though it looks old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/#x6)

### note

Adjective: functional (working; practical). Noun: function. «Functionally illiterate» means a person who cannot read well enough for everyday life.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «functionally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/functionally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.